An earthquake of magnitude 8.8 - one of the world's strongest-struck Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early on ...

When tsunami waves arrived, they didn’t cause devastation or deaths in the U.S. That doesn’t mean they didn’t pose a risk, ...

Can a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occur under the Pacific and not trigger a disastrous tsunami? This week’s earthquake drama off ...

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after an ...

After a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, tsunami alerts rippled out across Hawaii, Alaska, ...

The initial scare and uncertainty - except in Japan, where they are accustomed to orderly sheltering in safe places - ...

Underwater mountains, dips, curves and plateaus all affect how the waves travel over hundreds or thousands of miles. Generally, the more obstacles in the way, the weaker the waves will become.

Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts along South ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami across the Pacific were fading after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off ...

By The Associated Press A tsunami sent powerful waves toward coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands, Japan and Hawaii and Alaska after a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the ...